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What design/part is not liked on your B-body?

Ron H said:
It was posted about particular gen's of mopars that left us too soon. One was the 1970 RR/GTX/Satellite body style. In so many ways mopar got this right IMO, much as I like the '68-69's, chit...the 70 only got ONE year. Very sad IMO..
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Totally agree on this one. The '70 models were the best looking of the 68-70 series.
They should have kept it at least one more year.
 
My uneducated opinion, 1st gens rusted from the lower quarters up, 2nd gens rusted from the top down and bottom up, so consequently that made a good opportunity for the aftermarket to reproduce parts and make money. It depends where you live though. Tongue in cheek.
 
I always thought the fit and finish of the earlier interiors was better. Would have been nice if they carried it forward from ‘67. Maybe not everything but the quality feel of them anyway.
 
I thought about this topic on the way home from work.
I'm having trouble finding something to complain about that pertains only to the B body cars.
I am in love with the appearance of them. I love the way the quarter panels and fenders of the Charger bulge and blend into each other.
The dash seems a little higher than I'd prefer but it isn't worthy of a demerit.
I like the lower hinged glove box door as opposed to the ones that hinged from above.
If I'm going to find something, it would be with the layout of the chassis and powertrain.
It seems to me that the engineers could have spread things out a bit to make access better.
The steering has to be on the left for left hand drive American cars so it belongs there. Same goes for the shifter linkage in automatic cars, clutch linkage in manual trans cars. After those two things, there is some curious design ideas they chose to implement.
Why did they place the starter on the left side? How about the trans cooler lines? Neutral safety switch? Speedometer cable?
The Chevrolet cars had the starter on the right, cooler lines on the right along with the vacuum modulator line for the TH350 and other transmissions that used that setup. The oil filters on Chevys was on the left but still not a big obstruction. Header fitment in Chevrolets was also easier due to coil spring suspension and many cars having front-steer linkage forward of axle centerline. I wouldn't trade those for our torsion bars though.
 
Mines a 69 Charger, 68-70 B bodies had the most horrifically shitty interiors of just about any Mopar IMO. I can't stand the pillows bolted all over the dash, I'd gladly take pre or post 68-70 over what they did. Having said that I knew I hated it and changed all of it so I guess I wouldn't change much on mine.
 
I won’t complain about my old cars, I love them for what they are... simple critters! Work on newer Benz or BMW for a change and then list your complaints! I’m teasing they all have issues.. But one thing is for sure they have style and lines that we may never see again.
 
Myself I wish the engineers would have designed a removable vented cowl top plate.
 
This will irk many. The exterior colored engine compartment. "H-e-r-e-s-y" I can hear the shouts now.
 
WileERobby said:
This will irk many. The exterior colored engine compartment. "H-e-r-e-s-y" I can hear the shouts now.
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Do you mean you wish mopars had black engine bays..?
 
moparedtn said:
Totally agree on this one. The '70 models were the best looking of the 68-70 series.
They should have kept it at least one more year.
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I believe the '69 was nicer? Nicer hood design. Better trail lights. 70 grill gave it a frown look in my opinion.

I believe 1969 was the best year for not only Mopar? But all US manufacturers on design.

Let the fighting begin? Lol.

And there were some impressive years all things considered from all US manufacturers? '67, '63, '57 lovers would have something to say?
 
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I seen a neat article once with one of the designers from Chrysler back in the day, he made a comment about each model year they would incorporate a little from the next model year into the current model. It was interesting , stop and think about the grill on a 70 road runner, the loop was the bumper design for 71.. The 70 charger( My Fav.) has a full loop bumper and that carried over into the 71 restyled body... I wish I could have been a kid to see these cars as new! A time when a car was more than transportation. They were loved by many and where the second most expensive thing folks owned homes would be number one. Now it seems not many have the passion for vehicles anymore or the government is killing it off.
 
Ahhh....a topic that warms my heart.

Where to begin? 1967 Coronet, why in the name of MOPAR did they design a beautiful flowing Coke bottle shaped quarter panel and THEN slap a big clunky square filler door right in the side of them? What idiot thought of that?
Always hated the way the front fender forward section angled out to a point so the contour line coming across the hood could continue out onto the fender top. Should have been more like a 70 Road Runner. Since the units sold in Mexico came with the 66/67 Charger grill and lights and front bumper, why didn't it happen in the US as an option? Should have been full framed, like the 1965 Chevy Impala. Should of had the 66/67 Charger light panel across the back instead of the hunk of chromed pot metal and clunky badge plate. Power windows and locks should have been standard. Dash too high.

I changed all of these things on mine. Except the frame deal.
 
747mopar said:
Mines a 69 Charger, 68-70 B bodies had the most horrifically shitty interiors of just about any Mopar IMO. I can't stand the pillows bolted all over the dash, I'd gladly take pre or post 68-70 over what they did. Having said that I knew I hated it and changed all of it so I guess I wouldn't change much on mine.
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You can thank Ralph Nader for the padded dashes.
 
F4R/T said:
I wish I could have been a kid to see these cars as new!
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I remember them vividly. Heck, even our '68 Monaco wagon struck me as an aggressive, handsome style -
and it sure sounded the part, with big block power burbling out the back, right where us kids sitting third
row facing backwards could hear it (and become asphyxiated by it :) ).
First cars I can ever remember new that struck me as seriously cool were the fastback cars though -
the Marlin, the Charger and even the Mustang a little bit.
 
My Uncle Gary had a 69 Yellow & Black R/T Charger. I thought it was the coolest.
My oldest brother had a 69 Road Runner..
 
Ghostrider 67 said:
Should have been full framed, like the 1965 Chevy Impala.
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The unitized body made Mopar's lighter, so they kicked a$$ drag racing. That's why GM/ drag racers went nuts lightening stuff, like drilling their frames to make them like swiss cheese, making all aluminum front ends and making paper thin bumpers.

I do wish our cars came with subframe connectors from the factory though
 
I honestly can't find a design flaw on a B body mopar, they are beautiful works of art. Could the engineers of the 60's done better? I don't think so. It's easy to pic things apart with today's technology but they didn't have that knowledge back then and that's what makes these cars so beautiful. I enjoy the comments and conversations at gas stations when people see me fueling up behind the license plate, it brings back memories to the older folks and blows the minds of the younger generation.
 
Pertaining to 66/67:

I second the difficulty of fueling up without burping gas all over everything. Fuel stops even for a half tank are 10 -15 minute events to trickle fuel in.

Body integrity and road harshness control never seemed as good and solid as GM cars when new. Doors closing is often problematic and tricky to adjust.

Lack of part throttle kick down in the 727 for so many years. Somewhat compensated for in my 64 383 with 3.23 rear that would grab first momentarily at 40 mph, before a tire-screeching shift to second, with a full throttle kick down and impress the hell out of most people.

Painted window sills and kick plates on the doors and rear quarters that were always scared up.

But - many, many positive things if someone wants to start a thread for that.
 
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